First of all, this is based on Frank Miller (Frank Miller) A comic-based movie, the previous "Sin City" ("Sin City") is a rare noir film in recent years. It is a comic version of Quentin Tarantino, and the screen and story are even better than "Kill Bill is much more exciting. Frank Miller is a famous American cartoonist. The comic version of "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns" series is from his pen, and this "300" and "Sin City" are also based on him. The picture book of the same name was adapted into a movie. "Sin city" is full of American comic style exaggerated modeling and incredible action scenes, as well as the vivid color tone known as "red and black", so when I saw the blood-splattered "300" movie poster again in the subway , Had to make people excited.
The second aspect is the "Wenquan Pass Battle" that is of interest to many male audiences. Of course, if it is a female audience, you can skip the following content. The many macho looks in the movie are enough for the second reason.
Regarding the "Battle of Wenquan Pass":
480 BC, Persia invaded Greece. King Leonidas I of Sparta, with 300 of his native soldiers, 700 Thebes, and 6,000 coalition forces of other Greek city-states, resisted the Persian army that far exceeded theirs in Spa Pass for three days. Leonidas army blocked what was believed to be the only passage to Greece at the time, making the Persian army unable to advance for the first two days and suffered heavy casualties. But on the third day, a local Greek resident betrayed the Greek camp and led the Persian army along the mountain trail to the rear of the Greek coalition forces. Seeing this, Leonidas disbanded the Greek coalition forces, leaving 300 Spartans and soldiers. The 700 volunteers of Thebes, although this meant that they were bound to die, they still defended their positions and protected the other Greek troops that were retreating. Although the Persian troops succeeded in occupying Wenquan Pass, they suffered great losses.
The troops led by Sparta fought fiercely at the Hot Spring Pass, and provided precious time for the Athens navy, enabling Athens to win the following naval battle. Athens destroyed a large number of Persian ships. Without the navy, Persia could not provide supplies for his army, which had a fatal impact on the Persian army. Xerxes I returned to Asia, leaving behind the commander Mardonius, and a large number of Persian troops, continuing to fight the Greek troops in the territories they had already occupied. Finally in Plataea, the Greek coalition defeated Mardonius, bringing an end to the Bosnian War. From then on, Persia could no longer invade Greece.
It is said that only 298 corpses of Spartan fighters were found at that time, and the other two did not participate in the battle and ran back to Sparta. The two were despised by the Spartans. One person later committed suicide because he could not stand the discrimination from his hometown people; the other person went to the battlefield again and died in the battle.
——The above quoted from "Wikipedia". The
movie was unambiguous from the beginning, and the violence continued. The opening introduction to the process of Spartans training children into soldiers is very close to historical facts, and it also lets everyone know why 300 people (only refers to participating in the war). The Spartan warrior) can contend with the 500,000 Persian army for three days and three nights. I joked with the classmates I went with and said that this film should be called "Natural Born Killers", because Spartan is a soldier, and every man goes through all kinds of hardships to become a perfect warrior from a baby. Practicing, he is about to serve at the age of 7, only wears single clothes all year round, and deliberately fails to provide enough food to force theft to increase his courage. The most incredible thing is that to become the king of Sparta, you must return alive after 30 years of exile. This is probably a rare royal tradition in ancient and modern China and abroad. Leonidas I is also a rare pioneer and died in battle. The king, he has every reason not to participate in this suicidal battle.
On the screen, the film can be described as gorgeous from beginning to end. After counting, there is almost no scene without computer rendering, so the whole looks like a super long special effects CG. It is said that most of the shots in this film are Finished in front of the blue screen. It is estimated that the actors don’t need to go to any location. Of course, the audience feels good-looking. The current CG technology is about to make the set designers unemployed. Of course, unless you can meet a more real master like Zhang Yimou, you must use the most The red maple leaf, the freshest chrysanthemum, in China where counterfeiting is rampant, Master Zhang’s spirit is worthy of the Chinese people to learn, although the film industry is an industry of visual fraud.
In the movie, most of the pen and ink is used in the war scenes, and the political struggle in the rear seems to be fabricated, which seems a bit old-fashioned. Although the theme is ancient Greek, it was unfortunately Americanized in the hands of the Americans. The King of Sparta always gave a speech like General Patton, and there was a Senate meeting like the U.S. Congress. In fact, Spartan Da is a militarist city-state (delete dictatorship), and its slogans and democracy are not as real as swords and guns. Therefore, when there are a few sensational scenes in the film, the surrounding audience laughs knowingly, let's go and kill happily!
Although the use of comic-style methods to control this historical subject is still lacking in strength, "300" still presents the cruelest and most heroic scene in the history of Western warfare. When the last Spartan fell in a pool of blood, he was not outnumbered. The miracle of the crowd, but this is history, this is the hero. If you want to see the miracle, you can invite Master Zhang to film it. The title may be changed to "2", because then Can Jian and Feixue can enter the palace of the King of Qin with millions of soldiers, and there are only a few Persian soldiers. What is it?
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